Rose Yazzie

4025 South 6400 West West Valley City, Utah 84128 Cell: (801) 759-9359Email: Rose.Yazzie@utah.edu

Leadership Experience
Inter-tribal Student Association Pow Wow Volunteer Committee Co-Chair January 2013-current o Help recruit volunteers for the annual University of Utah Pow Wow o Maintain logs of volunteers and scheduling o Presentations to various clubs and organizations Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc. Stroll Committee Chair January 2013-current o Create/Choreograph chapter strolls o Schedule practices with all active members o Teach and review strolls MovimientoEstudiantil Chicano/Chicana de Aztlan February 2012-current o Lead icebreakers for the student group o Attend meetings regularly and help at events and fundraisers o Help plan and advertise for upcoming High School Conference Diverse Transfer Student Peer Mentor- Office of Equity and Diversity April 2012-Current o Mentor transfer students, present to community and students, help develop and plan programs/events, collaborate with the Transfer Coordinator in the Center for Ethnic Student Affairs and other professionals at Salt Lake Community College. Reach out to potential transfer students. o Regularly meet with transfer students and address their concerns or issues o Help connect them on campus to organizations, advisors and resources. o Plan, shoot and edit webinars to be accessed online Teachers Assistant- Ethnic StudiesTransnational Education(5810-00) August 2012- December 2012 o Prepared class readings and posted onto Canvas o Maintained the class Canvas with announcements and other related posts o Developed lesson plans and facilitated various class activities o Worked closely with the professor to make sure things were complete or prepared on time for class o Contacted and invited several guest speakers to our class Teacher- Jazzle Dazzle Dance Studio August 2008 - Present Lead both warm-ups and dance routines Responsible for choreography and instruction Various managerial tasks including handling money, locking doors, speaking with parents. President- American Indian Student Leadership December, 2009 May, 2011 Plan and Facilitate club activities at Salt Lake Community college Run and Organize weekly club meetings Volunteer on campus and in the community Served in different student panels and conferences

Research Experience
American Indian Student Success Research Team o Qualitative study that will examine the characteristics and attributes that can help American Indian students be successful in reaching higher education and retention.

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We have completed a literature review and are currently in the phase of writing to the Internal Review Board to gain permission to complete our project. Working with A.J. Metz and graduate students on this research project formulating interview questions and eventually facilitating the interviews to look for common themes. I will use to help inform my Honors thesis.

Volunteer Work
Office of Minority Health: Youth Empowerment Program-Glendale Junior High February 2013 o Helped lead a focus group to determine the programs objectives. o Worked with the community and parents to help make their school a safer, more welcome place. Somos Foundation/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Gala February 2013 o Help greet families of scholarship recipients and donors, help facilitate silent auction and set up of tables and signage

Lincoln Elementary- Volunteer January- current o Sit in 5th grade class and assist with group work, classroom management and various tasks the teacher may need. Granite School District Title VII Lil Feather- Tutor September 2012-current o Helped students of all grades K-12 with homework o Maintained a focus on literacy and reading. Read books to younger children, implemented several teaching methods learned in EDU 5320,EDPS 4330, EDPS 5005 Granite School District Title VII Halloween Literacy Fair October 2012 o Planned an instructional but engaging writing activity for students o Prepared activities of varying levels for children of all ages. Guest Speaker for Latinos in Action at West Lake Junior High October 2012 o Visited the Latinos in Action group at West Lake o Spoke about going to college and transferring o Answered questions that the students had about college and accessibility to higher education and available programs and centers of support Office of Minority Health: Youth Empowerment Program Latinas AdelanteWorkshop at Horizonte October 2012 o Assisted with set up and clean up o Helped the guest speaker with anything they needed o Helped raise awareness of damaging relationships in teens International Refugee Center Winter Clothing Drive November 2012 o Assisted in sorting of winter clothes o Helped families as they selected items The Roadhome November 2012 o Assisted with a winter cleaning of the Roadhome o Gained an appreciation for the services the Roadhome offers